SIXTH GRADE


​Language Arts

Reading and Literature
  • Oral Reading
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speed reading
  • Vocabulary building
  • Various Novels

Spelling and Poetry
  • Weekly word lists by prefixes, suffixes, and root words
  • Vocabulary study from the word lists
  • Eight poems committed to memory
Language: Writing Process
  • Writing paragraphs, poetry, outlines, library research paper, narration, journal, book reports, letters, creative writing
  • Sentences and sentence parts
  • Fragments, run-ons
  • Library skills
  • Student Writers’ Handbook

Grammar
  • Punctuation and capitalization rules
  • Recognizing, diagramming, and using all eight parts of speech
  • Word usage


​History and Geography

  • Advanced map studies
  • Geography facts, including the 50 states
  • Eight documents reviewed
  • North America: Canada, United States, Mexico and Central America
  • South America: Continent of Natural Resources, Nations of South America
  • United States History: The Colonial Heritage, New World’s First Republic, U.S. in the Twentieth Century


​Science

Plants
  • Plentiful plants
Animals
  • Observing invertebrates
Earth and Space
  • Our Fascinating Earth
  • God’s Great Universe
  • Exploring Space
Chemistry
  • Matter and Chemistry (atoms, elements, and compounds)


​​Mathematics

  • Unknown Numbers in Addition and Subtraction
  • Unknown Numbers in Multiplication and Division
  • Order of Operations, Part 1 and 2
  • Lines, Segments, and Rays
  • Linear Measure
  • Perimeter
  • Elapsed-Time Problems
  • The Number Line: Negative Numbers
  • Factors and Prime Numbers
  • Greatest Common Factor
  • Ratio and Rate
  • Least Common Multiple and Reciprocals
  • Reading and Writing Decimal Numbers
  • Squares and Square Roots
  • Finding a Percent of a Number
  • Circumference and Pi
  • Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Regrouping
  • Probability and Chance
  • Polygons
  • Classifying Quadrilaterals
  • Prime Factorization, Division by Primes, Factor Trees
  • Complementary and Supplementary Angles
  • Area of a Parallelogram
  • Exponents
  • Area of a Triangle
  • Geometric Construction of Bisectors
  • Proportions
  • Area of a Circle
  • Classifying Triangles
  • Algebraic Addition of Integers
  • Mass and Weight
  • Two-Step Equations
  • Transformations
  • Multiplying and Dividing Integers
  • Compound Interest
  • Finding a Whole when a Fraction and Percent is Known
  • Volume of a Cylinder


​Bible

Winning the Race
Using the theme of an athlete in competition, students see the Christian way of life as one of courage, inner strength, and ultimate victory. Drawing from studies of various Bible characters and an overview of the Book of Revelation, students will learn how the principles of God’s Word can help them gain victory in the race of life.


​Computer

Students will be taught Windows XP; basic word processing, database, spreadsheet, and internet principles using Microsoft Office XP for Windows. Interspersed throughout the year will be hands on training in doing more advanced research on the internet.


​Spanish

  • Numbers 1-100
  • Telling Time
  • Calendar
  • Verbs ending with ER, AR, IR
  • All about Latin America
  • Restaurant Orders
  • Conjugation Verbs
  • Reading Comprehension

Art

Music

Physical Education